Apparatus for carbonating water.



T. H. IRWIN.

APPARATUS FOR OARBONATING WATER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY w, 1911.

1,007,701 I Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS WITNESSES 55/6 THOMAS H. IRWIN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

APPARATUS FOR CARBONA'IING WATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

Application filed May 10, 1911. Serial No. 626,186.

To all whom if M ay concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. IRWIN, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatusfor Carbonating Water, of which the following is a specification, suchas will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

This invention relates to an apparatus for carbonating water orbeverages and which consists of an improvement applied to a mixing orcarbonating tank whereby the operatlon of said tank is rendered moreefiicient and a proper carbonization of the water expeditiouslyeffected.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional side view of .atank used in the process of carbonating water and provided with myimprovement, and;Fig. 2 a cross sectional view of the line 2, 2 of Fig.1.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, I have shown at a anordinary cylindrical tank such as is usually employed in the operationof carbonating water or other liquid substances, and this tank, in theform of construction shown is provided with convex heads a and a shaft 6is passed centrally and longitudinally therethrough, and provided with adrive wheel 5 The tank a is provided with end stufiing boxes a throughwhich the shaft 2) passes, and mounted on said shaft within said tankare a plurality of transverse arms 0 which are provided with centralhubs or bearings 0 through which the shaft Z) passes, and said arms areoblong and approximately rectangular in cross section, or in a sectionat right angles to the shaft 5, and said arms 0 are substantially wedgeshape in form, the larger end portions 0 thereof, being open and thesmaller end portions 0 being closed. The ends of the arms 0 are curvedin opposite directions and the openings 0 in the larger ends of the arms0 are all turned in the same direction, and the direction of rotation ofsaid arms and of the shaft 6 is indicated by the arrow X in Fig. 2, andthe backs of the smaller end portions 0 of said arms are provided withperforations 0 through which the water or other liquid is discharged injets or sprays as the shaft 6 and arms 0 are rotated. -With thisconstruction, as the shaft 6 and arms 0 are rotated, the water or otherliquid d is scooped up by the open ends of the arms 0 and forced outthrough the backs of the closed ends of said arms, and by reason of thefact that the said arms are tapered in longitudinal sec tion, from oneend to the other, the water or other liquid is also compressed in thesmaller ends of said arms, and this causes said water or other liquid tobe ejected through the perforations 0 with considerable force. I havealso shown at g, a pipe for supplying water or other liquid to the tank,and at f, an inlet for the carbonic acid gas, and at e I have shown adischarge, or discharge outlet for the carbonated water, but myinvention is not limited to these details of the construction, and thewater or other liquid to be carbonated, and the carbonic acid gas may beintroduced into the tank a in any desired manner, and the carbonatedwater or other liquid may be removed from the tank in the usual orpreferred way, my invention relating particularly to the arms 0, mountedon the shaft 5, and constructed and operating substantially as shown anddescribed, whereby the water and gas are thoroughly mingled and thewater completely carbonated.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A tank for carbonating liquids, provided with a central rotatable shaftand a plurality of arms mounted transversely of said shaft and rotatabletherewith, said arms being hollow and tapered from one end to the other,the larger ends of said arms being curved in the direction of rotationand open, and the backs of the opposite end portions of said arms beingperforated.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 9th day of May 1911.

THOMAS H. IRWIN.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, G. A. MANDEVILLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. G.

